This is good news for Bali from latest Indonesian Digest, particularly the steady slow return of Australians and the upsurge of new markets
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Meanwhile Head of Bali Tourism, Gde Nurjaya mentioned that arrivals to Bali during 2007 totaled 1,667,655, an increase of 32.3% over 2006 when 1,260,317 tourists spent their holidays on the island. Average hotel occupancy rate in 2007 was 54.58%, up from 40.35% in 2006, reported the Bali Post.
For 2008, Bali targets a total of 1,744,000 visitors, or up a modest 4.6%. The estimate is based on daily arrivals during the past year of between 3,500 - 5,375 persons per day.
Nurjaya further explains that for the first time in Bali's history, visitors from China have moved into its top ten markets after Japan, Australia, Taiwan, South Korea, and Malaysia, and further followed by UK, Germany, France and the United States residents. Whereas, the number of visitors from Holland have moved out of the 10 main markets into number 11. Australians are returning to the number two position, moving Taiwan to number three position.